The Growing Heap is the journal of the Community Composting Network.The Growing Heap contains news pages, articles on members projects, legislation updates, technical matters and best practice, and robust opinions and reviews of relevant and useful publications. It is written by CCN staff, members and invited authors, edited by Cath Kibbler and published by CCN. The magazine is produced in Sheffield with layout and design by Mark at Sandman Magazines and printed by People for Print (formally Juma Print).

latest issue

#45 Winter 2010 Please contact the office if you would like a copy of the latest magazine

Legislation update

Focus on Local Food Fund

The 'P' article (phosphorus)

Fork to Fork: Rotters Community Composting, Liverpool

Your Network's Strategy & Plan

Micro Anaerobic Digestion...aka mAD

Revaluing Resources... or how to make a social enterprise business out of stuff

Remembering Copenhagen and Cancun en route to Johannesburg

Growing for Well-Bring

Reviews: The New Economics: A Bigger Picture, D Boyle & A Simms; How to Make and Use Compost: The Ultimate Guide, N Scott

International Year of Biodiversity

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back issues

The entire back catalogue of growing heaps is now available online for free! There is an absolute wealth of useful information and resources on all aspects of composting and other sustainability issues contained in these magazines. To make it easier to find what you are looking for we have listed the main content of each issue. Don't forget to use the sites search feature if you are interested in something in particular! Please contact the office is you are interested in getting any paper copies of the back issues

Apologies for the large file sizes, in may cases we did not have electronic copies of these magazines and thus had to scan them in by hand. Click on the links to download the relevant pdf

Reviews: Kerbside Collection of Recyclables and Compostable Waste, Kerbside Working Group : The Chartered Institute of Waste Management; The WyeCycle System for Community Composting, Wyecycle; Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, W McDonough & M Braungart

Reviews: Health and Safety at Composting Sites: A Guide for Site Managers, The Composting Association; Reduce Reuse Recycle: An easyhousehold guide, N Scott; Spirit of the Soil: An historical perspective on soil fertility and the applications of composting in Lochaber, J Wombell

Reviews: Not on the Label, F Lawrence; A Guide to In-Vessel Composting, The Composting Association; Making a Difference: How to Set up and Maintain a Community Group for Parks and green Spaces, Green Space